{"id":6427,"date":"2006-08-18T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/does-this-look-like-mary-to-you.html"},"modified":"2006-08-18T12:30:57","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T12:30:57","slug":"does-this-look-like-mary-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/does-this-look-like-mary-to-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Does this look like Mary to you?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a chocolatier to the rich and famous, Martucci Angiano has posed with many celebrities \u2014 but on Thursday she held in her hand a figure that dazzles her more than any Hollywood star.<\/p>\n

Workers at Angiano’s gourmet chocolate company, Bodega Chocolates, discovered under a vat a 2-inch-tall column of chocolate drippings that they believe bears a striking resemblance to the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n

Since the discovery Monday, Angiano’s employees have spent much of their time hovering over the tiny figure, praying and placing rose petals and candles around it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Looks like some sort of eagle\/hawk conceptual figure to me. <\/p>\n

Update: <\/u>Just shows how tired I am these days. The Maltese Falcon! Of course!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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